I finally did it!!! CIO

Posted by Kelley D on July 29, 2003 at 21:55:12:

I used to be able to lay my DD down and she'd go right to sleep on her own at about 5 1/2 to 7 months. She's now almost 10 months and has to be rocked to sleep every nightfor the past 2 months. Then sometimes if I put her in there when she's not "sound asleep" she starts screaming when she opens her eyes. Tonight this happend and of course the first time I got her out and rocked her. Well...she was almost asleep so I laid her in her bed.....and she screamed bloody murder. :( It was sooooo sad...but I let her cry for about 10 minutes and she went to sleep on her own! I've never believed in crying it out because I felt like she didn't understand why I was doing it and worried she'd think I was abandoning her. I'm so proud of her and myself tonight! I can't believe I let her cry and she really went to sleep after about 10 minutes!! It was the hardest thing ever but I finally did it! Does this mean she'll start going to bed on her own again shortly if I continue to do this? The only reason I decided to do it was from reading everyone's posts on here. Thanks to all of you!! :)Now I can do my laundry and go to bed myself!!!

Follow Ups:

• Yeah!!! Congrats, Kel! Jennifer S. 10:45:44 7/30/03 (0)
• Congratulations!!! Eva 00:38:37 7/30/03 (0)
• The biggest thing to remind yourself is... Steve 00:28:15 7/30/03 (1)
  • Re: The biggest thing to remind yourself is... Eva 03:35:02 7/30/03 (0)
• Re: I finally did it!!! CIO robin 22:50:23 7/29/03 (0)
• Re: I finally did it!!! CIO Marie W. 22:40:24 7/29/03 (0)
• Re: I finally did it!!! CIO Paula Ann 22:18:38 7/29/03 (0)
• Re: I finally did it!!! CIO AshleyP 22:01:04 7/29/03 (0)

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